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Year: 2022

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Bulgaria expels a further 10 Russian diplomats

March 18, 2022March 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria has declared 10 Russian diplomats persona non grata and given them 72 hours to leave the country, the Foreign

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: EC approves 60M leva state aid for air carriers

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said on March 18 that it has approved 60 million leva, or about 30.7 million euro, in

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January 2022 was 188.4M euro

March 18, 2022March 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 188.4 million euro, the equivalent of

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in all but one of 270 samples – NCIPD

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on March 18 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 26 deaths, 1720 new cases

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-six people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria’s former PM Borissov ‘taken into custody’ – reports

March 17, 2022March 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov

The former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Boiko Borissov, was allegedly arrested on the night of March 17, Bulgarian media said,

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Issue of military equipment for Ukraine to be raised in US defence chief’s visit to Bulgaria

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

During the visit to Bulgaria by US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, the question will be raised whether Bulgaria would be

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Bulgaria 

Border Police: Close to 42 000 Ukrainians in Bulgaria

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Since February 24, about 90 000 Ukrainians have entered Bulgaria, of whom close to 42 000 remain in the country,

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Bulgaria scraps green certificates entirely, and Covid-19 tests in schools

March 17, 2022March 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From March 21, the requirement for a green certificate is scrapped “for all activities and events” within Bulgaria is scrapped,

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